Company: One Stop Environmental, Birmingham, AL U.S.A.
Company Description: One Stop Environmental, LLC - woman owned 8(a), HUBZone, SBA certified, full service environmental company. One Stop was founded in 1999, in Birmingham, AL as an emergency response company. The company has since grown to offer a full suite of environmental services – consulting, environmental program management, waste management, abatement, and emergency/disaster response.
Nomination Category: Individual Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Female Executive of the Year – Business Services –11 to 2,500 Employees

Nomination Title: Shannon Riley, CEO & Founder

Describe for the judges the activities and accomplishments of the nominated executive since the beginning of July last year (up to 525 words):

As the founder and CEO of One Stop Environmental (OSE), Shannon Riley is responsible for the leadership, strategy and technical foundation of this full service environmental company specializing in federal and private environmental cleanup services. Riley is the only female CEO in the Southeast whose company self performs industrial environmental cleanup and abatement.

This year Riley has focused on and succeeded at turning around the company financially after facing many hurdles over the last few years. In 2011 the small business took a 1.5 million dollar loss on a job. That same year the federal government defunded a 1.6 million dollar contract held long term by OSE and reduced it down to $100,000. Additionally, Alabama immigration laws eliminated our Hispanic work force. The loss of abatement laborers meant finding and training new crews and a loss of profit in OSE’s abetment division.

Determined to keep the doors open and her employees in their jobs, Riley worked hard increasing OSE’s customer base by nearly 20% since July 2013. Riley and her team also increased revenue by offering new services to existing customers.

Riley was able to make positive changes without having to reduce workforce. Even with lean financials, Riley brought in a Health and Safety Supervisor and saw a safety rating improvement over the last year. OSE’s current EMR is a .77, lower than 1 which is the industry standard.

OSE, under Riley’s leadership, has now been profitable for the last 18 months. The bottom line is 3.5% higher than it has ever been. The company is back to traditional bank lending greatly reducing monthly interest rates. OSE celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, and looks forward to continued growth.

Riley’s passion for growing her business is matched by her passion for serving and improving her community. One Stop announced its 3rd annual Earth Day Heroes program this year. OSE created the community program to educate elementary students in Alabama on the importance of keeping the planet clean and ways they can help protect the environment. The contest portion of the program rewards students for making Earth Day Pledges in preparation for National Earth Day. The 176 pledges collected during this year’s program included creative ideas such as recycling in the classroom, school and neighborhood cleanup days, creative ways to reuse trash like making flower pots from milk cartons and dollhouses from cardboard, planting flowers and trees, and conserving water and energy

Riley serves on several civic and professional boards including Cornerstone Schools of Alabama, Christ Health Center, Innovation Depot, Rev Birmingham and the Woodlawn Business Association. She continues to be a champion for the revitalization of Woodlawn, AL where her business is headquartered. She and her husband renovated one of the warehouse spaces in Woodlawn to include a gym and basketball court allowing inner city basketball teams to practice rent free. Riley also participates in the Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic School’s corporate intern program, providing students with real-world work experience and paying more than half of the students’ cost of education.

Riley is wife to her high school sweetheart Richard and mother to Griffin, James, Harris and Reagan.

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Provide a brief biography of the nominated executive (up to 125 words):

Shannon Riley founded One Stop Environmental (OSE) in 1999 as an emergency response company and has since grown OSE to be a premier woman owned, full service environmental cleanup company. Riley holds a degree in Chemistry from Furman University and a Masters of Chemistry from the University of Alabama. Riley has led OSE to be one of the fastest growing companies in the country ranking multiple times on the Inc. 500 and ICIC 100. Riley is President of the Woodlawn Business Association and a member of Kiwanas Club and several other civic organizations. Riley serves on the YE Board for BBVA Compass, and as a Board Member for the College of Arts Leadership at the University of Alabama, Christ Health Center and Innovation Depot.